Xie Xuan almost searched the entire castle, but she didn't see a single person, let alone a parasite.

Although no human figures were seen, there were quite a few pink little bears and big pink bears. As soon as they saw Xie Xuan, they pounced on her and attacked her like crazy.

Xie Xuan could only keep running and looking for rooms to hide in.

But all the rooms here look almost exactly the same, just like the ward Xie Xuan saw outside. In the not-so-spacious room, there is only a bed, a bedside table and a small wardrobe, which looks very simple.

Xie Xuan once again ran into a room, chased by a swarm of pink bears like locusts.

After the door closed, Xie Xuan leaned against the door panel and gasped for breath, but at this moment, she heard a childish voice suddenly sounded in the room.

"Are you here to play with me?"

Xie Xuan's heart skipped a beat and she turned to look at the source of the sound. It was a pink bear sitting on the bed. It looked no different from the ones outside, but the bear had no intention of attacking Xie Xuan. It just sat on the bed and looked at Xie Xuan with one high and one low black plastic eye.

Xie Xuan inexplicably felt that this little bear might be the pink bear that she and Xiao Yao brought in from outside the realm.

"Hello, little friend." Xie Xuan walked tentatively towards the bed. "Are you alone here?"

The little bear remained motionless, "I'm not alone, I still have my mother."

Little Bear hesitated for a moment, then added, "And Dr. Song, he's also very kind to me."

Xie Xuan suspected that the person talking to her might be the parasite in the field, but this little bear was obviously not the real body of the parasite.

"Who is Doctor Song?" Xie Xuan tried to make her tone sound gentler.

Little Bear seemed to think carefully before saying, "Doctor Song is Doctor Song."

"Is he the doctor who treated you?" Xie Xuan asked.

"Yes, Dr. Song treated me," said the little bear. "Dr. Song was very kind and gave me a pink bear as a gift."

Xie Xuan was about to ask something, but Little Bear seemed to be stuck and started repeating in a low voice: "Little Bear, Little Bear, Little Bear... Little Bear?"

Xie Xuan immediately took two steps back cautiously. The pink light in the little bear's eyes became brighter and brighter. Just when Xie Xuan thought it was going to attack her, the little bear's body suddenly twitched violently.

“Ah! It hurts!”

The little bear screamed and twisted its body on the bed. When Xie Xuan was still hesitating whether to go forward, Xiao Yao's voice suddenly came to her ears.

"Xie Xuan, can you hear me?"

"I can hear you." Xie Xuan said unhappily, "Why have you been out of touch for so long?"

Xiao Yao laughed awkwardly, "He fainted from the fall, but luckily, he fell right in front of the victim. I'll take care of him now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the little bear in front of him suddenly stopped struggling, and the pink color that had occupied the absolute sight since entering the field began to dim.

In another room, a little girl covered in pink mycelium also stopped struggling.

The man wearing black-framed glasses slowly took his hand out of the little girl's chest. On his hand wearing white rubber gloves was a ball of still wriggling pink fungus.

Xiao Yao stood a few steps away and watched the man put the fungus into a small blue box with a puzzled expression.

The man collected the bacteria, stood in the collapsing field, turned to Xiao Yao and said, "By the way, I took care of the little tail you left over from your last mission. No need to thank me."

Xiao Yao's jaw tightened, but he said nothing. He just watched the man open a door in the withering mycelium and walked over slowly.

[The parasite has been successfully killed. The spore concentration is decreasing. Please collect the bacteria in time.]

[The bacteria have been successfully contained. Mission completed. 40 points earned. Current points: 80.]

"Mission accomplished. We are notifying the logistics department to collect the remaining damage. I'm glad to be able to provide communications services to everyone in Team 320 this time. Goodbye."

After all the illusions around her faded away, Xie Xuan returned to the ward, but this ward was not the one that belonged to the parasite that Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao had entered at the beginning.

The patient on the bed was still plugged in with tubes, but like the patient, the tubes were covered with a layer of dried mycelium.

Xie Xuan originally wanted to leave and hand over the aftermath work to the logistics department, but when she turned around, her eyes inadvertently saw the medical record card hanging on the head of the bed.

"Name: Wang Qin"

Xie Xuan paused, turned around and walked towards the bedside.

When the domain collapsed, the spore concentration in the domain had reached 60%. For ordinary people involved, except for medical staff, patients who were already weak were exposed to this spore concentration for a long time, which was enough for them to be infected and die.

Even if they don't become infected, the aftereffects of the infection can still kill them.

Wang Qin was obviously the former, she was completely infected within the field.

Xie Xuan compared the medical record card with the information about Wang Qin that Yang Jiayue had given her before, and the last bit of hope she had was ruthlessly shattered.

Wang Qin, who survived the disaster, eventually died from a sudden infection.

At this time, another message popped up on Xie Xuan's terminal, which was sent to her by Xiao Yao.

"Xie Xuan, where are you?"

"In the ward downstairs." Xie Xuan walked out of the ward and was about to pull out a ward number when she saw a figure in black protective clothing coming out of the safety passage.

Xiao Yao waved to Xie Xuan from a distance, "Are you okay?"

Xie Xuan walked over and said with a forced smile, "Thanks to your poor sleep quality, I'm fine."

Xiao Yao put his hands together and said, "Stop talking. I'll treat you to dinner later."

"No need to treat me to a meal, just be more reliable next time."

The problem had been solved, but the elevator was not working for the time being. Xiao Yao and Xie Xuan walked down one floor at a time. When they reached the entrance of the inpatient department, they were surprised to see Zhang Zhicheng still guarding the door.

Seeing Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao, Zhang Zhicheng immediately came forward with a smile and said, "Thanks to you both for your hard work."

Xiao Yao had no interest in this kind of social interaction. He casually said a few words and took Xie Xuan back to the shuttle bus.

When they got in the car, Xiao Yao still hadn't given up on his plan to treat Xie Xuan to a meal. "We've been partners on two missions, and as the team leader, I haven't really bonded with you. Let's go, let's have lunch today."

What Xie Xuan was worried about was not that Xiao Yao poisoned her, but whether Xiao Yao's former teammates would die or be seriously infected during the next mission after having this last meal.

But since Xiao Yao had said this, Xie Xuan felt a little embarrassed to refuse again, "Okay."